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>> Then there was the time I wanted to hire my first full time employee. I was apprehensive to do it because I only had enough money to pay him for 2 months, unless I got another client fast. >> “Worry about that in 2 months,” Dad said. > Speaking from the perspective of that employee, fuck you.

Yep I agree that does sound a bit irresponsible, though realistically I doubt most employers have more than a few months salaries stashed away in their bank accounts to pay employees.

Better advice from his father would have been to wait till he at least got another client first, then he could justify getting another hire - if just to work on the new client project.



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